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Mercy Brown vampire incident

Mercy Brown's gravestone in the cemetery of the [[Baptist Church in Exeter The Mercy Brown vampire incident occurred in Rhode Island, US, in 1892. It is one of the best documented cases of the exhumation of a corpse in order to perform rituals to banish an undead manifestation. The incident was part of the wider New England vampire panic.

Several cases of consumption (tuberculosis) occurred in the family of George and Mary Brown in Exeter, Rhode Island. Friends and neighbors believed that this was due to the influence of the undead. An attempt was made to remediate. Mercy Brown died in January 1892 at the age of 19.

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    El auge de las redes de la diáspora intelectual: identificación social y asociaciones cognitivas /

    El auge de las redes de la diáspora intelectual: identificación social y asociaciones cognitivas / by Brown, Mercy

    Published 2001
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